Show For Uniform Suffrage System The United States would do well to follow the plan proposed in the Canadian Ca Ca nadian parliament parliament and and considered ertain certain of for acceptance acceptance for the adoption adoption adoption tion of uniform franchise uniform methods of preparing voters' voters lists and uniform election machinery In this country there are nearly as many systems as there are aro states If there is one thing about which there should be uniformity It is in suffrage qu qualifications quail quail- For Tor Instance In five lve states United States soldiers and sailors are disqualified dis dis- dis- dis qualified In Nebraska and other Western Vestern states aliens who have have- declared declared de de- de- de dared their intention to become citizens citizens citi clU- zens are eligible to vote Then there are educational qualifications and in inthe inthe the he So South th we come on a system callIng calling call- call Ing ng for O a poll tax for suffrage Vermont Vermont Vermont Ver Ver- mont and Kansas still deny the balot bal- bal ballot ballot lot ot to Confederate soldiers In New NewYork NewYork NewYork York state bettors on elections ns are disqualified and in Idaho teachers of polygamy may not vote So there Is confusion worse confounded con con- founded If It these things are good for forone forone forone one state they are good for all aU states It t is isan an absurdity absurdity- that suffrage sho should ld be so variously conditioned Divers measures with respect to the fran fran- chise are an abomination on to t They are an of fen 6 quality Buffalo Buffalo News Rep j |